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Confronting The Classics 09 January, 2021

Confronting The Classics I picked up because Taya had suggested that I might like it given my recent interest in history podcasts…

The Kingdom 06 August, 2020

The Kingdom is both really annoying and amazing. It radically altered how I view Chistrianity, The Bible, and the church. But the author is…

The Athena Project 14 June, 2020

The Athena Project is the next installment in the Scot Harvath series by Brad Thor. Once again not much to talk about. I like these books, I…

Say Nothing 31 May, 2020

Say Nothing is a history of "The Troubles" which is a part of history that I only vaguely understood before reading this book. This is a…

The Mom Test 18 May, 2020

I heard about The Mom Test several times on different startup and tech podcasts. I decided to pick it up even though I'm not planning on…

Ghost Wall 12 May, 2020

Ghost Wall is very short and quite good. It starts off a little slow, but once it pulled me in I couldn't put it down until I found out how…

The Stand 04 May, 2020

We are in a pandemic so I decided to pick up The Stand and give it a shot. This was a good book although not really that relevant to the…

The Whole-Brain Child 08 March, 2020

The Whole-Brain Child is part of the current parenting zeitgeist mostly coming out of Southern California psychology practices. Like many…

The Three-Body Problem 20 January, 2020

I think I heard about The Three-Body Problem on the A16Z podcast, but I do not exactly recall. This was an enjoyable read, even more…

Atomic Habits 09 January, 2020

I heard about Atomic Habits on a podcast I listen to and decided to give it a shot. As basically a self-help book it is not bad. You have to…

The Fireman 02 January, 2020

I really like Joe Hill and the latest novel of his for me was The Fireman. The idea is great, the story was good, but I didn't really care…

The Forever War 20 December, 2019

I forget how I came across The Forever War, but I read it rather quickly when I did get around to it and it is pretty good. Similar to Old…

Old Man's War 27 November, 2019

I picked up Old Man's War after hearing about it a few times. It is a fun and somewhat thought provoking science fiction book. It has some…

How to Change Your Mind 09 July, 2019

I fell behind on writing these after reading, so this is just going to be a marker. I read How to Change Your Mind and it was great. This…

Less 21 June, 2019

Halfway through reading Less I came to the conclusion that I don't think I have read a novel before with a gay protagonist. That says…

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